Day One Hundred Sixty-Five - June 19 Welcome to England!!! Yesterday we were in Honfleur France where temperatures hovered into the high 20C. Today it is cloudy with possible rain showers ten degrees colder than yesterday. Again, welcome to England my native country. I woke up early to try to see the white cliffs of Dover but unfortunately, we had already sailed by their location. It is also hard to imagine that there is a tunnel called The Chunnel below us c...

Day One Hundred Sixty-Four - June 18 This is the second time we have stopped in this quaint French town at the northern point of France near the entrance to the River Seine. Honfleur is directly across the river from La Havre. There has been no change in the lumber pallets on the pier in the 12 days since we were here last. I learned that the town is one of the distribution ports for Scandinavian lumber in Europe. A shuttle bus is running every fifteen minu...

Day One Hundred Sixty-Two - June 16 Nine ship tours are made available for passengers however we chose to explore on our own. Two ship tours included historic Santiago de Compostela and hiking the Old St. James Path. These were places that we had visited or hiked earlier in the cruise when we were last in Spain. An information guide on shore provided us with a map and informed us to follow the red line if we wished to visit the Old Town. Janice asked about s...

Day One Hundred Sixty-One June 15 As we arrive this morning, the dredging ship Spartacus is in the harbour. I assume she is here to increase the harbour's depth. There is a chance of thundershowers today with temperatures hovering around 30C as we make our way to the Cordoaria Garden near Porto's Courts building. Located along the Douro River estuary, Porto is one of the oldest European centers and UNESCO proclaimed its core a World Heritage Site in 1996. T...

Day One Hundred Sixty June 14 Today we are in Lisbon A foggy morning greets us as we cruise the Tagus Estuary past the monument honouring the famous Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama. He was the first European to reach India by sea. The monument depicts Vasco da Gama at the front of a ship leading his men on the journey. We continue to cruise the estuary passing under the Ponte 25 de Abril suspension bridge before docking. For some passengers this is the end ...